Clinical and Methodological Issues in Cardiovascular Psychophysiology

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Theoretical Bases for Task Selection in Cardiovascular Psychophysiology....Pages 6-15
Task Influences on Behaviourally-Elicited Cardiovascular Reactions....Pages 16-29
Mental Tasks as Stressors....Pages 30-44
The Quantification of Experimental Load: Methodological and Empirical Issues....Pages 45-52
The Importance of Cardiovascular Reactivity to Different Types of Stress for the Development of Hypertension....Pages 53-65
Mental Stress Testing in the Physician’s Office and in the Field....Pages 66-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Selected Topics in the Methodology of Stress Testing: Time Course, Gender and Adaptation....Pages 78-92
Adaptation Effects and the Stability of Physiological Responses to Repeated Testing....Pages 93-106
The Quantification of Cardiovascular Reactivity in Longitudinal Studies....Pages 107-120
The Measurement of Cardiac Reactivity in Clinical Populations....Pages 121-126
The Effects of Antihypertensive Medication and its Withdrawal on Psychophysiological Examinations....Pages 127-130
Methodology of Studying the Catecholamine Response to Stress....Pages 131-143
Phasic Heart Rate and Vagal Reactivity: Methods and Interpretations....Pages 144-158
Measurement and Analysis of Fluctuations in Heart Rate and Blood Pressure....Pages 159-168
Back Matter....Pages 169-170